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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in e-learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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